Europe Vatican City “Within Your Gates: The Forum for the Universal Vocation of Jerusalem” is born: the interdisciplinary forum is promoted by Cardinal Pizzaballa, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, and developed in collaboration with the University of Notre Dame
America United States 15 million people could lose Medicaid coverage; one moth after Covid safety net was dropped on March 31st, states are starting to disenroll people from Medicaid program if they no longer meet pre-pandemic eligibility requirements, mostly based on income
Africa Mauritius The new Case Noyale fishing post, aimed at better monitoring of fishing activities and enforcement of fishing legislation to combat illegal fishing, was inaugurated
Africa Rwanda SC Johnson, a US company, has partnered with the Society for Family Health and the Ministry of Health to provide official certification and livable wages to unofficial community health workers
Africa Niger As part of the implementation of actions under the Kandadji Dam Project, a World Bank support mission began a supervision visit of the activities
Africa Egypt The metropolis of Cairo, one of the most densely populated in the world, has now collapsed, so much so that President al-Sisi has ordered the construction of a new capital city, as yet unnamed, in a project worth over 50 billion dollars
Oceania New Zealand A comprehensive report by Dr Michael Johnston offers a detailed analysis of the current challenges facing the education infrastructure such as curriculum, assessment and qualification systems, teacher training, career structure and systems monitoring
Africa Mali Wagner is present in the country and admitting it, for the first time, is directly its founder and administrator, Evgenji Prigozhin
Africa Gabon The chair 'Girls, Women and Society' was established at the Omar Bongo University in Libreville by the World Islamic Organisation for Education, Science and Culture
Africa Lesotho Food products in a batch consisting of 1053 tonnes of white rice, parboiled rice and wheat, worth USD 26 million, have been donated to the government by People's Republic of China
Africa Kenya A 2nd pastor has been arrest over charges of mass killing as investigation into cults that encouraged followers to starve themselves to death in the hopes of meeting Jesus in Malindi and Kilifi area; over 100 people holed up in the church were liberated
Africa Mauritania The Algerian Minister of Foreign Affairs and the National Community Abroad discussed active trade through the border centre and border security in Nouakchott
Asia Iraq Gas projects and an agreement with French energy giant TotalEnergies will make the country self-sufficient and an exporter of the natural resource within three to five years, Prime Minister Mohammed Shia' al-Sudani said
Asia North Korea Two of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's megayachts have undergone repairs and upgrades at a newly renovated shipyard in recent weeks, according to NK Pro's analysis of satellite images